Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-10
T. p. CHIPS Account of Yesterdays San
culinary Affair in Ireland.

T. P. CLIPS Account of Yesterdays San
culinary Affair in Ireland.
Record Union's Special Cublegram- Copuiqhted
by the Nel0 York 1f1bune.i
MITCHEISTowN Qreland), September 9th.-I
have been a witness to-day of as wanton and
bloody an outrage as ever was .perpetrated on
the Irish people. The prosecution of William
o. Brien was to have taken place in the Court
house here to-day. The people seized the occa-
sion to hold great pubic meeting in the town.
John Dillon attended, and three English men,
bers of Parliament and some English ladies
travelled down with us from Dublin. The Eng
lish members were labouchere, Drummer (the
newly elected member from Norwieh) and Thos
Ellis, the leader of the WEIGH Liberal party.
Just outside of Mitchelstown we were met by
tremendous concOurse OF people, marshaled
by priests and local leaders on horseback Large
bodies of farmers were mounted, and formed at
the head of the cortege quite cavalry In this
fashion we entered the town and went in pro-
cession through the principal streets, Winding
up in the vast Market Square where the meet
ing was to be held.
The Members of Parliament some clergymen
and other prominent men occupied one large
vehicle, which constituted the platform. l stood
on high seat at the back, and 5000 people
spread before my eyes in a compact mass, the
mounted farmers forming fringe around the
outer edge Down at the lower end of the
square, about fifty yards from the horses stood
a body of police We had heard with some I'M
easiness of large drafts of police having been
brought yesterday into the town, and it was
stated lDdl lDeN nau Deen refused lOUglngS and
had spent the night drinking in an untenanted
house.
Presently the proceedings began. Dean Nc
earthly had just began his opening remarks
when noticed the police advance at quick
pace upon the meeting and press their way
roughly in. 1t appeared subsequently that they
had Government reporter in their midst.
Things looked threatening when Dillon began
to speak, but his well-known figure restored the
distracted attention of the people, and, after
speaking few moments, all was quiet again.
THE TROUBLE BEGINS
Then the police crushed their way still further
intothe dense crowd, and began hammering
the horses with their batonS. A man was struck
with one, and he struck back with a stick
Somebody threw stone, and in second the
police formed and charged. There was one
moment of panic in the crowd when it swung
back on the wagonette but only for moment
Like flash those nearest the police rallied and
fell upon them with blackthorns. There was
few seconds of risk fighting, when the police
turned and fed in wild confusion, and rolling
over each other in their efforts to escape. They
disappeared around thescorner in shower Of
stones. We on the wagonette turned our atten
ton to getting the ladies into the priests house
Whilewe were doing so we heard
yoLLEY OF MUsKETRY
From the street up which the police had fed
Then another, and then another. Dillon rushed
the and up the street towards the
windows of the second story.
ONE MAN FELL DEAD
At the foot of the square. Another, with bull
let through the roof of his skull, lay in his
blood against the wall Mr.. Vaudeville the
solicitor who was to defend o. Brien, had the
fesh torn from his temples and many others
were wounded.
Dillon rushed into the barracks. There he
found the Commander of the police raging like
a maniac and calling to the men to come out
and fire volleys up and down the street, an order
which Dillon, holding the officer in the hall by
main force, prevented him from executing.
The firing from the windows continued for some
time longer.
Then a body of police rushed from the bar
racks and charged up the square, but once more
the charge was turned into fight. The people
wheeled around behind them and sent them
rushing pell-mell with well-direeted volley of
stones.
The police made for the priests house, and
succeeded in escaping into the hall In the
midst of this Labourchere sat on the box-seat
of the wagonette smoking cigarette. The
police remained as mute as mice, shut up in the
hallway, and the people-fearing they would
fire from the windows-cleared into the side
streets.
AN APPEAL TO THE MAGISTRATE
Just then met Dillon coming up the square
bareheaded returning from the barracks At
his suggestion LabOuchere, Drummer and | went
TO the police barracks to interview the Magis-
trate In command. Dillon had been unable to
prevail upon him to withdraw the excited con-
stabulary. who were by this time drawn up in
battle-line across the street, where they had
been firing, and he thought perhaps q remon-
STRANGE from the English members would have
more effect upon him. We found the resident
Magistrate, young man, white with excite
ment.
1t would be idle to recount our interview. 1t
was mixture of alternate fear, yacillation and
bravado on the part of the police officer and
Magistrate in command, and after five minutes
it ended in the latter saying CURLY that he had
sent for the military. The red coats and bayo-
nets of the military were soon afterward seen
coming across the square, at the lower end of
which they drew up in single file. In an hour
or so, by great exertion on the part of u.s. we
got the town fairly clear of the people
THIS, BRIEFLY, Is THE STORY
OF to-day. l will not trouble you with the de-
tails surrounding the episode The Riot Act
was never read, the meeting was not pro-
claimed, and the police acted without waiting
for the commands of their officers All of this
will come out with greater clearness later
T. p. GILL, NJ P.